Industrie alimentaireLindustrie alimentaire est une filière mondialisée et complexe de personnes et d'entreprises fournissant la plupart des aliments consommés par la population mondiale (de la fourche à la fourchette et en amont et en aval de ce vaste segment économique). Première industrie mondiale à la fin du , elle doit répondre à un besoin vital (manger). Elle le fait via des filières orientées vers la production, la distribution, la transformation, la préparation, la conservation, le transport, la certification et le conditionnement de denrées alimentaires.
Convenience foodConvenience food, also called tertiary processed food, is food that is commercially prepared (often through processing) to optimise ease of consumption. Such food is usually ready to eat without further preparation. It may also be easily portable, have a long shelf life, or offer a combination of such convenient traits. Although restaurant meals meet this definition, the term is seldom applied to them. Convenience foods include ready-to-eat dry products, frozen foods such as TV dinners, shelf-stable foods, prepared mixes such as cake mix, and snack foods.
Food milesFood miles is the distance food is transported from the time of its making until it reaches the consumer. Food miles are one factor used when testing the environmental impact of food, such as the carbon footprint of the food. The concept of food miles originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. It was conceived by Professor Tim Lang at the Sustainable Agriculture Food and Environment (SAFE) Alliance and first appeared in print in a report, "The Food Miles Report: The dangers of long-distance food transport", researched and written by Angela Paxton.
